Survival
Guide to Survivng Mass Effect 2
This Guide Contains Spoilers
Mass Effect 2 does a good job of reminding you that you are on a suicide mission. Every member of your crew can die, including you. While it is easy to lose members, it is possible to complete the final mission with your full crew alive. This guide should give you an idea what you need to do in order to survive the final mission.
This isn’t a guarantee on what is required to survive, but more to make you aware of everything. I’ve beaten the game with all surviving and played while losing half the crew. Based on this, I’ve come to some conclusions on possible variables.
Definite:
(These things are spelled out very clearly by the game on numerous occasions)
Collect all crew members – More people means more guns. It also means you have more selection on who to use for each task on the final mission.
Completing Loyalty Missions – Just because you don’t do someone’s loyalty mission doesn’t mean they will die, but it increases the chance of them failing and causing someone to die.
Upgrades to Ship – This specifically refers to the weapons and shields of the Normandy. These become available by asking the crew members if they have any ideas for Normandy upgrades. Here is a list of the upgrades you will definitely need: Heavy Ship Armor, Multicore Shielding, Thanix Cannon
Selection of members on final mission – You will be required to pick which members handle each task on the final mission including: going through the pipe to unlock the door, leading the other squad, protecting the crew against the swarm, and traveling with you. Each of these choices leave the characters vulnerable to death, while I don’t know for sure what the best answers are I will provide the choices I made during the mission I survived at the bottom of this guide.
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